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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these exciting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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